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Michael Payne vs Alberto Costa

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

Photograph of Michael Payne
Michael Payne
Lab Gedling
vs
Photograph of Alberto Costa
Alberto Costa
Con South Leicestershire

Voting alignment

Michael Payne and Alberto Costa voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 310 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 308 different votes 310 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
2 Aye 2 No
Migration 25% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
12 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 27 shared votes
14 Aye 13 No
46 Aye 34 No
Tax 0% aligned 80 shared votes
34 Aye 46 No
29 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
7 Aye 29 No
16 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
12 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
46 Aye 34 No
Tax 0% aligned 80 shared votes
34 Aye 46 No
29 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
7 Aye 29 No
16 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
12 Aye 16 No
19 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 26 shared votes
7 Aye 19 No
8 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

76.3%
4% above average
Rank 284 of 649
Participation
81.1%
8% above average
Rank 177 of 649
444
582 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,920
2,368 eligible divisions
230
51.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
908
47.3% of votes cast
214
48.2% of votes cast
No votes
1,012
52.7% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

22
-56.7 vs Commons average
Rank 577 of 649
Appearances
20
-58.7 vs Commons average
Rank 586 of 649
25
-112.1 vs Commons average
Rank 582 of 649
Contributions
21
-116.1 vs Commons average
Rank 595 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£216,868
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,033,867
all imported IPSA years
£216,868
4% below average
Latest expenses
£291,572
29% above average
11
2 registered categories
Registered interests
29
7 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Housing
31 of 31 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Transport
28 of 29 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Education
48 of 50 votes
#4
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
Work / Employment
37 of 39 votes
#5
Trade
80 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
No
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
Where they voted the same
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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